Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 13, 2020No. S19A1187PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 Ga. 625
FINAL COPY S19A1187. DAVIS v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. Carlton Davis was convicted of felony murder in connection with the death of Lakeitha Sims.1 On appeal, Davis argues that the trial court erred by admitting a statement he made to a detective that Davis contends he did not freely and voluntarily make; that the trial court erred by improperly admitting into evidence a letter that Davis contends violated his reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment; and that his due process rights were violated because of the 14-year delay between Davis’s jury verdict and…
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